Composition shingle for roofs and gable ends of houses.



No. 886,912. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

O. W. YOUNG & J. G. BURRUSS. COMPOSITION SHINGLE FOR ROOFS AND GABLE ENDS OF HOUSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14,1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT onniosf.

CHARLES W. YOUNG, OF OMAHA, AND JOSEPH G. BURRUSS, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

- l COMPOSITION SHINGLE FOB ROOFS AND GABLE ENDS OF HOUSES.

y no. 886,912.

To all whom it may concern:

and State of Nebraska, and JOsEPH G. BUR-' RUSS, residing in Lincolnfin the'count-y of .Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have jointly invented a Composition Shingle for Roofs and Gable Ends of Houses, of which the followin is a specification sufficiently clear to ena le those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Its object is :the roduction of compo: sition shingle which Wlll dispense with the use of wood for that purpose, and'which is inexpensive to make et is stronger, more sightly and much more urable than any wood shingle and which is made of uniform size and shape and smooth surfaces from which awind,

air and water tight roof may be constructed that is comparatively fire-proof. These purposes are attained in ourinvention by certain novel combination of materials, parts and construction which will vbe hereinafter described and claimed.

surface, workbench or table.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1, is a cross-sectional view ofour shingle lengthwise. of same. Fig. 2, re re'- sents a erspective view with parts fo ded back and ture ofour shingle.

In making our composition shingle we prepare a composition of g sum or stucco and hairfiber in the proportion of four hundred pounds of stucco to one pound of hair fiber which we thoroughly mix with water .to the consistency of a thick paste ermitting the same to spread readily. Wet en lay a sheet of'heavy, tough, solid made straw pa er, At, approximately the thickness of two p y bristol board, fifteen inches wide and of the length desired to work with conveniently, we recommend ten feet long, on a stron smooth We then cover this sheet of straw paper with a coating of the stucco and hair com osition bfisprea mg the same thicker (one t ird to one-half inch) on one side of the strip and tapering to the thickness of approximately one-fourth of an.. -1nch on the other side of the strip covering Specification of Letters Patent. Application med na -14, 1907 Serial No. 373,624.

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aper ap roximately eleven and a quarter ihches wide, A, which we place on the other coatingof the stucco and hair composition, b, as before we then smoothly s read thicker side thereof'upon which we place an on the thinner side a strip of thin clot A", 1

alla strip of the'strawpaper, a, as before.

. stucco and hair compound, I), and place over Y 7 Our invention relates 'to a composition shingle for roofs and gable ends of houses.

We then place over all a solid smooth cover sufiicient pressure thereon until the sheets of fifteen inches'wide by ten feet long and apply composition shingles are uniformly one-six; teenth of an inch thickon the thin edge thereof and three-eighths of an inch thick on the thick side thereof. We trim the sides smooth, then remove the cover and cut shingles from the strip, of the uniform width desired .with a sharp heavy knife. We then stand the shin Ice in a rack until-dry, then dip-each shing e in an elastic drying water. proofing compound for which purplose we recommend SIX parts Trinidad asp altum, two parts Japan drier,- one part pine tar and one part rosin and again place shingles in the rack to dry, repeating this process i a heavier coating is desired, or increasing the proportionate parts of 'asphaltum and tar if a heaviersmgle coating is desired. In making a four ly composition shingle we simply a an additional coatingof the stucco and hair fiber paste and an additional 'strip of the straw paper, finishing and water proofing as before described, instead of the straw pa er abovementioned, thin sheets 'felt or ot er suitablematerial may be used, thou h we aper as setforth. en. lungles are thoroughly dry.

they may e' pack'e d-in bundles for. market. I

Our composition shingles cut readily with a saw and may be laid one roof otherwise 109 I like wood shingles. I

Having thus described our invention what to secure by Lettion of stucco and hair her in the proportion of four hundred pounds of stucco to one ound of hair fiber, the whole covered with a exible drying, waterproofing coating.

2 A compositionshingle composed of two 1 asphaltum, twoparts Japan drier, one part 20 and three fourths la ers of strong straw paper and one third ayer of loosely woven cloth alternating with layers of acomposition of stucco and hair fiber,. proportioned four hundred ounds of stucco to one pound of hair fiber, t e whole covered with a flexible d waterproofing coating.

3. com osition' shingle composed of two and three ourths layers of strong straw paper andone third la er of loosely woven cloth, on the thin end, a ternating-with layers of a compositionfconsisting of stucco and hair fiber in the proportion of four hundred pounds of stucco to one'pound of hair fiber, made in the shape of an ordinary shingle the whole shingle then being coated with a flexible drying, waterproofing compound, composed approximately of, six parts Trinidad pinetar and one part IOSlIl.

4. A composition shingle composed of al-' ternating layers of-strong straw paper and in the thin end of one third layer of loosely woven cloth and layers of a com osition of stucco and hair fiber, proportions tour hundred pounds of stucco to one pound of hair fiber the outside coating with a flexible dryin waterproofing compound.

n testimony whereot, we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscrlblng wltnesses.

EDWIN S. RIPLEY; A. 0. Konr.

JOSEPH G. BURRUSS. 

